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<span id="uniaxialmaterial"></span><h1>uniaxialMaterial Command<a class="headerlink" href="#uniaxialmaterial-command" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>This command is used to construct a uniaxial material, which provides a uniaxial stress-strain (or force-deformation) relationships.
.</p>
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<code class="sig-name descname">uniaxialMaterial $matType $matTag $matArgs</code></dt>
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Argument</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Type</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p>$matType</p></td>
<td><p><em>string</em></p></td>
<td><p>material type</p></td>
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<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>$matTag</p></td>
<td><p><em>integer</em></p></td>
<td><p>unique material tag.</p></td>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p>$matArgs</p></td>
<td><p><em>list</em></p></td>
<td><p>a list of material arguments with number dependent on material type</p></td>
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<p>The following subsections contain information about <strong>$matType</strong></p>
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<li><p>Steel &amp; Reinforcing-Steel Materials</p></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="uniaxialMaterials/Steel01.html">3.4.1.1. Steel01 Material</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="uniaxialMaterials/Steel02.html">Steel02 Material</a></li>
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<p>#. Concrete Materials
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete01
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete02
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete04
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete06
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete07
uniaxialMaterials/Concrete01
uniaxialMaterials/ConfinedConcrete01
uniaxialMaterials/ConcreteD
uniaxialMaterials/FRPConfinedConcrete
uniaxialMaterials/ConcreteCM</p>
<p>#. Some Standard Uniaxial Materials
uniaxialMaterials/Elastic
uniaxialMaterials/ElasticPP
uniaxialMaterials/ElasticPP_Gap
uniaxialMaterials/ElasticNoTension
uniaxialMaterials/ElasticBilin
uniaxialMaterials/ElasticMultiLinear
uniaxialMaterials/MultiLinear
uniaxialMaterials/Parallel
uniaxialMaterials/Series
uniaxialMaterials/InitialStrain
uniaxialMaterials/InitialStress
uniaxialMaterials/MinMax</p>
<p>#. Other Uniaxial Materials
uniaxialMaterials/CastFuse
uniaxialMaterials/ViscousDamper
uniaxialMaterials/BilinearOilDamper
uniaxialMaterials/Modified Ibarra-Medina-Krawinkler Deterioration Model with Bilinear Hysteretic Response (Bilin Material)
uniaxialMaterials/Modified Ibarra-Medina-Krawinkler Deterioration Model with Peak-Oriented Hysteretic Response (ModIMKPeakOriented Material)
uniaxialMaterials/Modified Ibarra-Medina-Krawinkler Deterioration Model with Pinched Hysteretic Response (ModIMKPinching Material)
uniaxialMaterials/SAWS
uniaxialMaterials/BARSLIP
uniaxialMaterials/Bond_SP01 - - Strain Penetration Model for Fully Anchored Steel Reinforcing Bars
uniaxialMaterials/Fatigue
uniaxialMaterials/Hardening
uniaxialMaterials/Impact
uniaxialMaterials/Hyperbolic Gap
uniaxialMaterials/LimitState
uniaxialMaterials/PathIndependent
uniaxialMaterials/Pinching4
uniaxialMaterials/Engineered Cementitious Composites
uniaxialMaterials/SelfCentering
uniaxialMaterials/Viscous
uniaxialMaterials/BoucWen
uniaxialMaterials/BWBN (Pinching Hysteretic Bouc-Wen)</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>PyTzQz uniaxial materials for p-y, t-z and q-z elements</p></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="uniaxialMaterials/PySimple1.html">3.4.1.3. PySimple1 Material</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="uniaxialMaterials/TzSimple1.html">3.4.1.4. TzSimple1 Material</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="uniaxialMaterials/QzSimple1.html">3.4.1.5. QzSimple1 Material</a></li>
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